Development of Water Quality Monitoring Watchdog Pod

It will estimate the water quality parameters such as fluoride, arsenic and nitrate concentration in potable water. The system will monitor following contaminants within prescribed limits:
Fluoride: 1ppm to 200 ppm (WHO limit: 1.5 ppm)
Nitrate:   10 ppm to 200 ppm (WHO limit:  45 ppm)
Arsenic:  10ppb to 50 ppb (WHO limit: 10 ppb)

As  per  recent  surveys,  around  37.7 million  Indians  are affected   by waterborne diseases   annually,   1.5   million children  are  estimated  to  die of  diarrhoea  alone  and  200 million  working  days  are  lost  due  to waterborne  diseases. The  resulting  economic  burden  is  estimated  at Rs  36,600 crore every year. Additionally, it is   estimated   that the   equipment market related to water technologies is worth approximately Rs 200 - 300  million,  and  expected to  have  double - digit  growth  rates  every year.

According  to  world  resource  institute  recent  report,  India’s water  security  is  poor  in  the  world  and  is  most  threatened, and   thus   to   ensure   water security,   we   must   develop technologies  to  enable  Sustainable  Clean  Water.  Also,  at present, available imported technologies are very expensive and  at  present  no - made  in - India  technology  is  available  to  cater Indian market.